Billy Connolly's World Tour of New Zealand S01E04 - Wellington

The Big Yin leaves the South Island en route to New Plymouth via Wellington, and in so doing recalls two 20th-century transport disasters. In 1968, the inter-island ferry sank with 600 people aboard during a fierce storm. Boarding a train, Connolly then passes the site where, on Christmas Eve 1953, the Tangiwai Bridge collapsed, plunging a train into the river below.